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State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew is joined by colleague Jim Polzin to break down the Big Ten's return to football, UW's central role in the process, and what's left to do. 

Colten then discusses Tuesday's Senate committee hearing regarding the name, image and likeness law for college sports. 

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State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the Badgers’ big recruiting win in landing five-star tackle Nolan Rucci, looks into what the O-line of the future could be, discusses the soap opera that is the Big Ten and gives some thoughts about Badgers in the NFL.

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State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew is joined by colleagues Jim Polzin and Todd Milewski to break down all the news around the Badgers.

Colten and Jim talk about President Trump's involvement with Big Ten football, what is most realistic regarding the start of the football season, and the mistakes the conference has made. They also talk about the start of basketball season.

Todd and Colten catch up on the budget issues UW faces without fall sports, what could be done to alleviate them, and the plans to start hockey. 

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Editor's note: This podcast was recorded before Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren's open letter was published Wednesday night.

State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew discusses the Badgers' recruiting win with wide receiver Skyler Bell, his issues with the complaints coaches and players' parents have with the Big Ten, and why consistency is so important in times of crisis like right now. 

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State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew details why the Big Ten punted on the fall football season, what role myocarditis played the decision, and discusses if spring football can actually work. 

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State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the Big Ten schedule release, what it means for the Badgers, the impending fight between the Power Five conferences and the NCAA, and previews the UW offense position by position. 

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State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down a rare recruiting loss for the Badgers, gives a position-by-position look at the UW defense, and tries to go the whole episode without talking about COVID-19. 

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State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down the news around the Badgers football program.

He starts by talking about the newly open recruiting of three-star WR Joseph Manjack, and the Badgers losing out of three-star CB Robert Regan Jr. Then he discusses the interesting tweets of Deacon Hill, a UW 2021 recruit. 

Bartholomew shares his thoughts on two former Badgers standing up on behalf of players against the NFL, and what decisions made at the pro and college levels mean for the football season. 

He wraps the show by answering listener questions. 

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State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew is back to break down the news surrounding Badgers football. 

He starts by discussing UW's newest recruiting prize, 2022 safety Braelon Allen. Where will he play? What does he bring? What can he become for the Badgers? Colten gives his thoughts. 

Then he dissects what the all-Big Ten schedule means for the Badgers and why it happened. 

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State Journal beat reporter Colten Bartholomew sits down with Nebraska Dr. Chris Kratochvil to discuss a number of topics regarding COVID-19's impact on college football. 

Kratochvil is the chair of the Big Ten's task force on infectious disease, associate vice chancellor for clinical research and professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Nebraska, as well as the executive director of the Global Center for Health Security. 

Colten ends the show talking about UW's game with Northwestern being moved from Wrigley Field. 

P.S. Had to record from home, so audio quality isn't as great as usual. 

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